Murder of Anita Cobby

Summary

Anita Lorraine Cobby was a 26-year-old Australian woman from Blacktown, Sydney, who was abducted while walking home from Blacktown railway station just before 10:00 p.m. on 2 February 1986 and was subsequently raped, tortured and murdered. The case received widespread media coverage and public condemnation, including some who called for reinstating the death penalty.